Some more music
So, we have been writing a lot about music lately, but I thought I would give it one more shot because I have been on a Sufjan Stevens kick for awhile now. For those of you who don’t know about him, he is a “musician who is a Christian” as opposed to someone who writes “Christian music.” He is pretty folk-y, lots of banjo, acoustic guitar and such. And he does a superb version of “Holy, Holy, Holy” on his Christmas album. Anyway, one reason I am on this kick is that I am obsessed with two of his songs in particular. One is “Casmir Polanski Day,” which I have repeatedly proclaimed one of the greatest Christian songs ever written even though it is horribly melancholy and in the end the...
Time to Panic or Surrender?
As I write this article, it is Saturday morning and the US Credit rating has been downgraded from it’s AAA rating by one of three rating agencies. Funny how this happened after the markets on Wall Street had already closed giving them no time to react impulsively to the news. The news media is giving voice to anyone who wants to get in front of a camera and point fingers, and many hold their breath waiting to see how the markets will react on Monday morning. Whatever is going to happen will start in Asian markets first, and will ripple around the world to US markets later the same day. Are you worried? The truth is, no one knows what will happen next. The economy seems to be on a daily roller coaster that is being built daily, and the future is...
A Manly Hairy Back
A deeper voice Your first kiss Your drivers license Your first pay check Your 18th birthday Moving out of your parents house College Marriage Losing your virginity Your first child What makes a man a man? When does a boy separate himself from the child like shackles that keep him on the playground and move into manliness? I ask because I feel like it’s something I feel like I am still coming to grips with. A 32 year old with 8 years of marriage under my belt and 2 children (although 1 is still maintaining residence inside my wife). Am I a man yet? I haven’t killed an animal with my bare hands and then enjoyed it for dinner. I haven’t withstood days of tough challenges given to me by the men around me or been pierced or branded showing their...
Holy war and some of our other gods
OK- Here a couple of items from the internet for your Friday enjoyment. The first is the Holy War that is brewing on Reddit. It seems that the Christians and the Atheist groups are having a (so far) friendly competition to see who can raise the most money for their respective charities on this Christmas/Holiday season. You can read some about it Here For those of you with delicate constitutions, remember, it is Reddit and there is a bunch of cussin’ once you start to navigate around on the site. My favorite part of the war has to be the cross-donating that is going on. A lot of folks are donating to the “enemy” side! The next article is about a study done in determining how much branding can serve the same psychological needs as traditional...
Oh, Christian Capitalism!
Oh, the perfect marriage of Christianity and capitalism! Full-Scale Replica of Noah’s Ark Coming to Ky. Theme Park The article is about a theme park in Kentucky that is building a full scale replica of Noah’s Ark. It is REALLY hard to even write about this without being unkind, so I will keep it short. If you go to the Ark Encounter website, you will be able to read about all the plans for this theme park. My favorite areas of the proposed park are the Tower of Babel 5D theater (a concept that couldn’t have more irony if it tried) and The Walled City which offers “plenty of shopping and food.” The cost of the entire project? $125 million. Just to build the ark will cost $24.5 million. This project, along with the Holy Land...
Lord Spice
Found this on Crazy Christian Clips. I’m not a big fan of Christians attempting parodies. Probably because they are rarely done well and although if you succeed you end up making fun of culture if you fail you end up making Christians look stupid (example the Left Behind movie series… are they still making those?). Then again I probably hold Christians to a higher standard, but shouldn’t I be able to? ]>